The Mars Room A Novel By Rachel Kushner

The Mars Room is a literary fiction novel by author Rachel Kushner. This delightful book was twice nominated for a National Book Award, making it a fascinating novel. In 2003, Romy Hall began two consecutive life sentences at the Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside was the world from which she had been cut off: San Francisco and her young son, Jackson. Within is a new reality: thousands of women search for such things as scams, beauty pageants and the usual violence of guards and the absurdities of institutional life, Kushner conjures up with great humor and accuracy.